Kassadin vs Volibear
How to Beat Volibear as Kassadin
based on 1,019 Kassadin vs Volibear matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Volibear Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Volibear Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Volibear as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Volibear
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
Kassadin vs Volibear Counter Stats
How to Counter Volibear with Kassadin in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several significant Kassadin against Volibear matchup statistics that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Volibear’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Volibear..
Kassadin often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Volibear. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kassadin and Volibear
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Volibear?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kassadin usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Volibear, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Kassadin makes an ok counter for Volibear.
While Kassadin does have a lower winrate than Volibear, when they face off with one another, Kassadin also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Kassadin into Volibearas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kassadin also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Volibear. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Volibear matchups, Volibear is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Kassadin is a somewhat poor counter for Volibear. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kassadin against Volibear.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kassadin in order to counter Volibear during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin often racks up a similar amount of CS as Volibear. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Kassadin versus Volibear build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Volibear than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kassadin boasted an average win rate of 49.7% battling Volibear with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Volibear as Kassadin, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Kassadin vs Volibear counterpicks, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.7% winrate overall.
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